NEW DELHI: A day after the Congress took a swipe over Prime Minister Narendra Modi being gifted a photograph of himself forward of the India-Australia Test match, authorities sources on Friday dismissed it as “senseless noise” and mentioned it was a particular gesture to present images of the PMs made up by a collage of all cricketers who performed for the 2 nations within the final 75 years.
Prime Minister Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese watched the fourth and ultimate Test match between India and Australia on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Both leaders additionally took a spherical of the large sports activities enviornment on a golf cart earlier than the beginning of the match.
BCCI president Roger Binny introduced Albanese along with his portrait whereas secretary Jay Shah gave one to PM Modi.
In a tweet in Hindi, the Congress, whereas sharing an image of PM Modi receiving the present from the BCCI secretary had mentioned, “Narendra Modi’s friend’s son presenting Narendra Modi’s photo to Narendra Modi at the Narendra Modi Stadium.”
Reacting to the criticism, authorities sources mentioned that for all of the “senseless noise” created by the Congress and their backers about images of each PMs, the actual fact is that it was a particular gesture to present them images made up by a collage of all cricketers who performed for the respective two international locations within the final 75 years.
On Twitter, the BCCI had shared the video of the PM being introduced with the present, and mentioned, “Mr. Jay Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI, presents framed artwork to Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji, celebrating 75 years of friendship with Australia through cricket.”
